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Supply Chain Drivers of Organizational Flexibility—A Study of U.S. Manufacturing Industries

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  • Liang-Chieh (Victor) Cheng
  • David E. Cantor
  • Curtis M. Grimm
  • Martin E. Dresner

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type="main" xml:id="jscm12058-abs-0001"> In this article, we investigate supply chain–related drivers that contribute to organizational flexibility (i.e., the ability of top management to be responsive to a firm's internal and external needs). Organizational flexibility occurs when a firm outsources manufacturing and operates with a more flexible structure. Drawing upon the supply network perspective, this study develops hypotheses relating attributes of the supplier, customer, and focal industries to the use of a flexible organizational strategy. Using an industry-level data set to test the hypotheses, we show that heterogeneity of supply sources and scale economies (in the focal and downstream industries) are positively associated with a greater degree of organizational flexibility, in terms of contract manufacturing in the focal industry. However, industry concentration levels in the focal and downstream industries are negatively associated with organizational flexibility.

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  • Liang-Chieh (Victor) Cheng & David E. Cantor & Curtis M. Grimm & Martin E. Dresner, 2014. "Supply Chain Drivers of Organizational Flexibility—A Study of U.S. Manufacturing Industries," Journal of Supply Chain Management, Institute for Supply Management, vol. 50(4), pages 62-75, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jscmgt:v:50:y:2014:i:4:p:62-75
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    1. Dazhong Wu & Michael Tannen & Julius Anyu & Sergey Ivanov & Feng Xu, 2023. "Contract manufacturing, market competition, and labor productivity in US manufacturing industries," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 377-390, March.
    2. Deon Montasser & Ruslan Prijadi & Tengku Ezni Balqiah, 2023. "The Mediating Effect of IT-Enabled Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Readiness on the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Digital Business Model Innovation: Evidence From Indone," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(2), pages 21582440231, June.

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